Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-31
PERFUMES AND BATHS.
What Makes Women Most Attractive
and Healthy.

From the New York Graphic.
II woman wishes TO make q lasting impression
on man let her always use some peculiar and
penetrating Notwithstanding distinctiveiy her
own. There is nothing 50 powerful to bring back
the past as perfume. No sound OF music or
spasbing fountain, no rustling OF silk jingiing
OF bangles, no familiar phrase or combination OF
colors, Is one-quarter so subtle q reminder as q
perfume
The novellsts constantly write OF stresses OF
perfumed hair" and one OF ouida's unnatural her,
Dimes was always preceded by the odor or the roses
that she habtually wore. And women in real life
seem to appreciate the power and subtlety of.per-
fumes quite as much as those in books.
Inc love OF women for sweet smells Is as old as
the hills. The favorite perfume just now is the
violet Although this modest flower is supposed to
shun the garish day and hide behind messy stones,
and all that, according 20 the poets, IL cannot be
said that the women present day who shed its
delicate perfume wherever they go initiate IL In
that respect The violet is extremely popular,
but departure is sometimes made in FAVOR OF
he1otrope, the white hehotrupe being the most
delicate and expensive.
Into the Innings OF dresses and cloaks IS quilted
quantity OF sachet powder, whose perfume usu-
ally lasts about three months. Dress pockets have
a perfumed lining, or small sachet may be sewed
inside, or a little sacheJ powder in a sealed en-
velope VIII be sufficient TO give the handkerchief
delicate perfume Pincushions are partly stuffed
with the powder, as are bags OF satin or plush,
elaborately embroidered and tied with fancy rib
bonS intended TO be LAID tables or the backs OF
chairs, In bedrooms, DoudoirS or parlorS. Vases,
also, are sometimes filled with sachet powder or
prepared rose leaves, thus giving the rooms a
pleasant odor OF mowers at a thrilling expense.
Bureau covers OF satin have the powder quilted
In the lining, and sachets OF silk satin are made
10 nj into each bureau drawer, 50 that everything
lalu on them becomes impregnated with the per-
tune. The Innings OF NUTS are also perfumed,
and gloves, handkerchiefs and laceS are always
Kept In their own particular perlumed receptacles
In sending gifts a sachet is never thought super
fuous, and they are apt TO be sent as an adjunct
H.
or course woman with any selr-respect would
go through fortunes, IL necessary, In order TO Sc
cure good complexion But nature must do a
great deal in the first place, and after that bath
Ing helps things along amazingly. Women hare
been seen AT balls In this city with their necks
grlmy with dirt. This seems Incredible, but IL Is
true. IL a woman can go TO a ball in such a con-
respect, but also the respect or other people. A
Turkish or Russian bath Is cleansing and healthy,
and one OF the oest means for improving the CON-
piexion and SOftening the skin New York
women have become very fond OF these
baths, and many OF them take at least
one bath every week throughout the year,
coming up 10 town from neighborIng
resort during the summer. There Is
no more delightful way or getting rid OF the
Russian bath. Some women battle TO get fat, and
some TO get thin, and they all succeed In attaining
their object. After the bath many are rubbed
with vaseliLe in preference 10 alcohol, or with
sweet oil, that being the most fashionable unguenJ
at present. IL is The correct thing 10 IL the
face at night, after having batned IL IN very hot
water, as the surest destroyer or wrinkles. And
their own perfumes to the bath, and are rubbed
down with Them